Give your child a pumpkin to explore. Talk about pumpkins, how they grow, how they are used. Review the color Orange and introduce the color Green. Do color sorts.

Pumpkin Experiments Cut the pumpkin into four pieces (count them), cook two pieces and refrigerate and save for cooking project; put two pieces in a jar with a lid to observe changes over the next month-it will turn green.

Pumpkin Seed Sprouting Wash four pumpkin seeds (count them), put on a wet paper towel and into a zip lock bag to watch it sprout.